PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
BOOKS.
Annals of the Artists of Spain. By William Stirling, M.A. In three volumes.
Poems. By Dora Greenwell.
Narrative of Services in Beloochistan and Afghanistan in the years 1840, 1841, and 1842. By Colonel Lewis Robert Stacy, C.B., Bengal Native Infantry, &c.
A History of the Royal Society, with Memoirs ofthe Presidents Compiled from Authentic Documents. By Charles Richard Weld, Esq., Barrister- at-law, Assistant Secretary and Librarian to the Royal Society. In two volumes.
Mithridates Minor; or an Essay on Language. By Henry Welsford, Esq.
Beatrice Chesterford ; a Novel. In two volumes. [There is nothing new in the elements of this novel, nor is there the lesser novelty of form or manner which may arise from a close observation of some peculiar section of existing society. The main interest of the story lies in the deprivation of the rightful owner of property by the villanous arts of a near relation; which arts are exposed at last, and justice triumphs. Some variety is given to this tale by carrying back the narrative to that part of the last century when Romanists were legally exposed to penalties for the exercise of their faith; and a touch of reality is imparted by the introduction of quaint and peculiar characters, probably drawn from actual existence. The mere technical skill of the writer is so respectable as to approach to power in parts; but there is great want of art. The narrative opens before the Norman Conquest, and continues till all the actors are dead and buried save one.] The Life of Jesus Christ in its Historical Connexion and Historical De- velopment,. By Augustus Neander. Translated from the fourth Ger- man edition. By John BPOlintock and Charles E. Blumenthal, Professors in Dickinson College. With a Preface by a Clergyman of the Church of England. [This work by Neander was written in opposition to Strauss's well-known Life of Jesus, and withthe view of neutralizing the mythical interpretations of that singular book. The translation was undertaken by two American professors, in order to counteract various translations of Strauss that had been circulated in the United States; and it is now reprinted in this country with a similar object, tinder the superintendence of an Anglican divine. The purpose and genius of the author have given rise to a commentary on the events of Christ s life, rather than a narrative of the life; and be handles some thingsWith a freedom of interpreta- tion which will look almost as unorthodox as Strauss himself, though much leas offensive. It is a curious and learned book, if not so clinchiugly convincing as is desirable in this kind of controversy.] Sermons. By Alfred Getty, M.A., Vicar of Ecelesfield. Volume second. [This volume of thirty-one sermons resembles its predecessor in literary merit and popular characteristics. Without being curt in treatment, the discourses are short enough not to fatigue the attention in family or private reading; and the topics are all of a practical kind, containing both a religious and a moral conclu- sion. Addressing them to a mixed congregation, Mr. Getty judiciously avoided controversial topics; and confined himself to drawing lessons from the incidents of daily life, or from such Scriptural examples as enable the preacher to bring home the lesson they contain to every individual.] What has Religion to do with Politics? The Question Considered in Let- ters to his Son, by David R. Blorier, Esq., late her Majesty's Miniaier Plenipotentiary in Switzerland. [A series of essays or letters on the qnestion whether governments should not he conducted on the principles of Christianity? which Mr. Dlorier decides in the affirmative, after a rather formal inquiry into the origin and nature of govern- ment.] An Introduction to the Study of Ancient and Modern Coins. By John Yonge Akerman, Fellow and Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London, &c.
[A useful introduction to the study of the subject, in the form of a sketch of the history of coinage; beginning with its supposed origin in Lydia, and then pro- ceeding through its rise, progress, and decline in Greece and Rome, with glances at other ancient states. The coinage of Britain is treated fully; that of the Continent more cursorily. The text is illustrated by wood-cut fac-similes of the most remarkable coins.] Exact Philosophy. Books First and Second. By Hughes Fraser Halle, F., LL.D., Author of "Critical Letters."
[Dr. Halle writes to overturn existing systems of philosophy, in order to establish a system of his own. To clear the ground, he runs a tilt at many of those whom the world considers great men or respectable authorities. Euclid is not safe from him, nor David Hume; James Mill is roundly attacked; so are some physiolo- gists and chemists. We are not quite sure from the preface whether the sub- stance of part of the Doctor's book has not already appeared in some periodicals.]
The Doctor, 4c. By the late Robert Southey. Edited by his Son-in-law,
John Wood Warter, B.D. Complete in one volume.
[The demand for that singular mixture of learning, observation, criticism, and occasional humour, The Doctor, which no one but Southey perhaps could have produced, has rendered a new edition necessary. The author's son-in-law, the Reverend J. W. Waiter, has judiciously comprised the seven volumes in one, after the style of Southey's Poems, Byron's Life and similar methods of saving cost and space. The Doctor now forms a handsome volume, with a bust of Southey, a view of Keswick, &c. from his study-window, (a pleasant prospect,) and a portrait of Southey's back as he sits at his desk, with .his arm-chair and books.] Graduated Reading; comprising a Circle of Knowledge, in two hundred Lessons. By Charles Baer, Head Master of the Yorkshire Institution fir the Deaf and Dumb, Sic. Gradations I. II. and IIL [Three little reading-books, each containing two hundred lessons, on subjects in which children may be supposed to feel an interest, either from experience—as dress, food; or from the nature of the subject—as animals, the properties of mat- ter. The topics are the same in each book, but treated more elaborately as they advance; and an object of Mr. Baker (not a new one) is to substitute reiterated impression by the ear and eye for the usual mode of learning to read by the al- phabet and spelling. This does not affect the general utility of the lessons, ex- zept perhaps that it has induced the occasional use of harder words than might be desirable under the alphabetic plan.] The Sacred History of the World, attempted to be Philosophically Coa- sidered, in a Series of Letters to a Son. By Sharon Turner, F.S.A. and R.A.S.L. Eighth edition. Volumes IL and III. [To this new edition, now completed, the editor has added an index. The ad- ditional matter is not important; the principal being a long note on the revival of a Fakeer after being buried alive in a sort of mausoleum, for six weeks,—a very strange tale.] A Treatise on Diet and Regimen. By William Henry Robertson, M.D., Phy- sician to the Buxton Bath Charity. Fourth edition. Rewritten and much enlarged. In two volumes. Volume II. [This volume is more general in its subjects than the first, which treated of arti- cles of diet and the laws of digestion. Exercise, clothing, bathing, sleep, occupa- tions, ventilation, ohange of air, &c. are the subjects now handled.] The Return; a Summer Day's Journey. By Edmund Peel, Author of "The Christian Pilgrim," 8m.
Specimens from Schiller and Uhland. By George Carless Swayne, MA., Fellow of C.C.C., Oxford.
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